Income share held by lowest 20% - Income distribution - Poverty - World Development Indicators



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Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles. Percentage shares by quintile may not sum to 100 because of rounding.
Income share held by lowest 20% - Income distribution - Poverty - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Azerbaijan (2005)13.29
2Japan (1993)10.58
3Czech Republic (1996)10.22
4Finland (2000)9.62
5Norway (2000)9.59
6Ukraine (2008)9.4
7Bangladesh (2005)9.36
8Ethiopia (2005)9.28
9Sweden (2000)9.12
10Pakistan (2005)9.07
11Serbia (2008)9.05
12Burundi (2006)8.96
13Egypt (2005)8.96
14Timor-Leste (2007)8.94
15Kyrgyzstan (2007)8.82
16Slovakia (1996)8.81
17Belarus (2007)8.81
18Croatia (2005)8.76
19Bulgaria (2003)8.7
20Kazakhstan (2007)8.68
21Armenia (2007)8.63
22Hungary (2004)8.57
23Austria (2000)8.56
24Germany (2000)8.52
25Laos (2002)8.51
26Belgium (2000)8.5
27Denmark (1997)8.34
28Slovenia (2004)8.22
29India (2005)8.08
30South Korea (1998)7.91
31Romania (2007)7.91
32North Korea (1998)7.91
33Tajikistan (2004)7.8
34Albania (2005)7.78
35Netherlands (1999)7.6
36Switzerland (2000)7.55
37Ireland (2000)7.44
38Indonesia (2007)7.38
39Poland (2005)7.34
40Tanzania (2000)7.33
41Guinea-Bissau (2002)7.23
42Jordan (2006)7.21
43Canada (2000)7.2
44Yemen (2005)7.18
45France (1995)7.18
46Uzbekistan (2003)7.14
47Mongolia (2008)7.11
48Vietnam (2006)7.07
49Malawi (2004)6.98
50Spain (2000)6.97
51Burkina Faso (2003)6.96
52Algeria (1995)6.93
53Benin (2003)6.91
54Estonia (2004)6.82
55Lithuania (2004)6.79
56Sri Lanka (2002)6.75
57Greece (2000)6.75
58Latvia (2007)6.71
59Moldova (2007)6.71
60Bosnia and Herzegovina (2007)6.65
61Morocco (2007)6.52
62Mali (2006)6.52
63Maldives (2004)6.51
64Montenegro (2007)6.5
65Italy (2000)6.5
66Cambodia (2007)6.46
67New Zealand (1997)6.45
68Liberia (2007)6.44
69Iran (2005)6.41
70Malaysia (2004)6.35
71Chad (2003)6.26
72Senegal (2005)6.22
73Mauritania (2000)6.18
74Madagascar (2005)6.15
75United Kingdom (1999)6.14
76Nepal (2004)6.1
77Sierra Leone (2003)6.09
78Uganda (2005)6.08
79Gabon (2005)6.07
80Thailand (2004)6.07
81Turkmenistan (1998)6.04
82Djibouti (2002)6.02
83Tunisia (2000)5.93
84Australia (1994)5.9
85Niger (2005)5.85
86Guinea (2003)5.75
87Portugal (1997)5.75
88China (2005)5.73
89Israel (2001)5.71
90Cameroon (2001)5.62
91Philippines (2006)5.6
92Russia (2007)5.6
93Trinidad and Tobago (1992)5.51
94Democratic Republic of the Congo (2006)5.47
95Turkey (2006)5.44
96Togo (2006)5.44
97United States (2000)5.44
98Mozambique (2003)5.43
99Rwanda (2000)5.39
100Georgia (2005)5.37
101Bhutan (2003)5.36
102Hong Kong (1996)5.26
103Macedonia (2006)5.23
104Central African Republic (2003)5.21
105Ghana (2006)5.2
106Sao Tome and Principe (2001)5.17
107Jamaica (2004)5.16
108Nigeria (2004)5.13
109St. Lucia (1995)5.1
110Singapore (1998)5.04
111Ivory Coast (2002)5
112Republic of the Congo (2005)4.96
113Venezuela (2006)4.85
114Gambia (2003)4.79
115Kenya (2005)4.7
116Zimbabwe (1995)4.63
117Papua New Guinea (1996)4.52
118Cape Verde (2001)4.46
119Swaziland (2001)4.45
120Costa Rica (2007)4.44
121Dominican Republic (2007)4.37
122Uruguay (2007)4.34
123Guyana (1998)4.28
124El Salvador (2007)4.27
125Chile (2006)4.1
126Qatar (2007)3.9
127Mexico (2008)3.82
128Nicaragua (2005)3.79
129Seychelles (2007)3.68
130Zambia (2004)3.63
131Argentina (2006)3.61
132Peru (2007)3.56
133Guatemala (2006)3.44
134Ecuador (2007)3.4
135Paraguay (2007)3.4
136Botswana (1994)3.13
137Suriname (1999)3.09
138South Africa (2000)3.06
139Brazil (2007)3.02
140Lesotho (2003)2.97
141Bolivia (2007)2.73
142Comoros (2004)2.56
143Haiti (2001)2.53
144Panama (2006)2.51
145Honduras (2006)2.45
146Colombia (2006)2.32
147Belize (1995)2.07
148Angola (2000)2
149Micronesia (2000)1.63
150Namibia (1993)1.48
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